1 Maccabees 3:15-17

New Catholic Bible

¹⁵ And once again a large army of unbelievers banded together to help him exact vengeance on the Israelites.

¹⁶ When he reached the ascent of Beth-horon,^[a] Judas marched out to confront him with a small contingent. ¹⁷ However, when they observed the army that was gathered to do battle with them, his soldiers said to Judas, “How can we, as few as we are, fight against so great a multitude? Besides, we are faint with hunger, for we have eaten nothing all day.”